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Former Taiwan president to visit China in unprecedented trip

Ma Ying-jeou’s tour is first since end of civil war and comes amid intensifying efforts by China to subsume Taiwan

The Guardian - UK

Taiwan's rollercoaster ride of democracy

Democracy in Taiwan can feel like a rollercoaster ride. It goes up and it goes down, at the same time.

Bangkok Post

People on the move: key North East appointments and promotions

Companies and organisations featuring this week include Bellway, SMD and North East Screen

Birmingham Post

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Tories pressured BBC over Johnson’s claim Starmer failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile

Party asked corporation not to say accusation was ‘false’ relating to time when Labour leader was DPP

The Guardian - UK

Why Chinese students are an increasingly rare sight in Taiwan

Caught in the middle of rising cross-strait tensions, there are few Chinese students left on the self-ruled island.

Al Jazeera

‘A win for Jamaica’: 15 people convicted in landmark gang-busting trial

Marathon trial, which lasted a year and a half, sees people convicted on charges ranging from gang membership to murder

The Guardian - US

Kumanjayi Walker inquest told independent prosecutors should have had 'objective oversight' of Zachary Rolfe perjury investigation

The Assistant Police Commissioner tells the coronial inquest into the death of Mr Walker that evidence from the perjury investigation into Constable Zachary Rolfe over an allegation that the officer "lied" to a court should have been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions for decision.

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Charges against trucking boss over freeway police deaths put permanently on hold

A Victorian Supreme Court judge labels the case against trucking boss Simiona Tuteru a "misuse of the court process", with the DPP still not ready to proceed after two and a half years.

ABC News

Dad of Logan toddlers Darcey and Chloe-Ann Conley killed in hot car questions downgraded charges

Kerri-Ann Conley became the first person in Queensland to be charged with murder under an expanded definition. Then her charges were downgraded.

ABC News

Taiwan visit by Chinese delegation spurs internal political tensions

Visit to Taipei by Shanghai officials was arranged by mayor from opposition Kuomintang party, attracting accusations of secrecy

The Guardian - AU

Taiwan’s KMT hopes for elections boost after China trip

Opposition party that once dominated the self-ruled island aims to show it can work better with Beijing than ruling DPP.

Al Jazeera

Prosecutors drop charges over Salt Ash drug rip murder

Prosecutors have dropped all charges against one of the men arrested over the alleged drug rip murder of David King at Salt Ash in 2021.

Newcastle Herald

Gardaí on high alert as suspect in murder of Miriam Burns in Kerry home walks free from prison

Gardai have now formally asked state legal officers for the suspect to be charged with Mrs Burns’ murder.

Irish Mirror

Two men charged over murder of man found wrapped in carpet granted bail

The deceased lived in the west Dublin area with his family - originally from Somalia.

Irish Mirror

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Bloomberg

Xi Woos Taiwan Opposition Ahead of Pivotal Presidential Vote

Chinese leader Xi Jinping appears to be recalibrating his hardline approach to Taiwan in the year before the island holds a presidential election that his government’s preferred negotiating partner has a shot at winning.

Dublin Live

Killer Graham Dwyer writing book behind bars as he awaits appeal verdict

The former architect has kept details of the manuscript closely guarded, but sources believe it is a tell-all book on his murder case

Crikey

Beating the Drumgold

Former Liberal staffer Fiona Brown accuses ACT DPP Shane Drumgold of threatening her, and Anthony Albanese says a referendum on the Voice to Parliament will go ahead even if it risks failing.

Crikey

‘Professional misconduct’: the latest in the Lehrmann saga

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has filed a letter of complaint against Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold.

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The Guardian - AU

Inquiry into handling of Bruce Lehrmann case has scope to probe any ‘political influence’

ACT government confirms retired Queensland judge Walter Sofronoff will lead independent inquiry

The Guardian - AU

Walter Sofronoff to lead inquiry into handling of Bruce Lehrmann case

Former judge will investigate damning allegations made by prosecutor Shane Drumgold about police conduct

Newcastle Herald

Carjacking, pursuit charges confirmed against man accused of rampage

The police case is that Riley forced a man and his teenage son out of a sedan at Murrurundi with a machete, before trying to start it himself.

Reuters

Former vice president Chen to become new Taiwan premier

Former vice president Chen Chien-jen will be Taiwan's new premier, the presidential office said on Wednesday, as part of a cabinet reshuffle following heavy losses for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) at local elections last year.

The Guardian - AU

ACT close to naming head of Bruce Lehrmann trial inquiry and its scope

Announcement expected next week after trial for alleged rape of Brittany Higgins collapses and DPP alleges ‘inappropriate interference’ in case

ABC News

Malaysian authorities never looked into cause of Adelaide woman Anna Jenkins's death, inquest hears

The children of an Adelaide woman whose bones were found on a Malaysian construction site say it was "heartbreaking" to hear that an investigation never looked into how she died, only whether they were human or not.

Irish Independent

New head of Taiwan ruling party vows to safeguard democracy

The new head of Taiwan’s ruling party, who describes himself as pro-independence, has vowed to uphold the self-ruled island’s democracy in the face of China’s authoritarianism and continue with policies that have defined relations with China and the US.

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